Baruch 3:21-37
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21 Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were far off from that way.
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22 It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.
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23 The Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth, the merchants of Meran and of Theman, the authors of fables, and searchers out of understanding; none of these have known the way of wisdom, or remember her paths.
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24 O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!
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25 Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.
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26 There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in war.
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27 Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them:
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28 But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own foolishness.
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29 Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
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30 Who hath gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her for pure gold?
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31 No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.
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32 But he that knoweth all things knoweth her, and hath found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore hath filled it with fourfooted beasts:
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33 He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.
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34 The stars shined in their watches, and rejoiced: when he calleth them, they say, Here we be; and so with cheerfulness they shewed light unto him that made them.
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35 This is our God, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of him
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36 He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.
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37 Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.